prunus graft

[armchairarborist]

splitting firewood yesterday, came across this cherry graft, think it was a kanzan on top,what rootstock would it have been? it was grafted at the base of the trunk, the spreading out of the grain was the wide base of the root.. erm that would be me taking the photos while the wood is upsidedown..Ed

[skyhuck]

Bugger!!!!

 

I thought the thread was called "pruning gaffs" I was going to order some!!!!!!!!!

[bob]

Bugger!!!!

 

I thought the thread was called "pruning gaffs" I was going to order some!!!!!!!!!

 

good one spat me tea out:001_tt2:

[SJH]

Really nice pattern in the wood, not sure what the rootstock could have been, Hawthorn?

[skyhuck]

Would the root stock not be Wild Cherry??

[Stephen Blair]

great pics mate, i have never seen that before, i dont know anything about grafting trees together, i take it you do it when they are just tiny sapplings?

[SJH]

Would the root stock not be Wild Cherry??

 

Could be.

looks like it was quite a big cherry looking at the pics.

[armchairarborist]

yeah it was a good size for a cherry, been told its usually prunus avium (wild cherry) used for the roots with a flowering top grafted on when young, took this one down as the roots were pushing the turf up and heading towards the house.. also heard the victorians grafted weeping ash to the top of ordinary ash to get huge cascades of weeping ash, anyone seen any?

[skyhuck]

also heard the victorians grafted weeping ash to the top of ordinary ash to get huge cascades of weeping ash, anyone seen any?

 

Yes I have a very large butt in the yard, that was a grafted Weeping Ash, the tree was no that big, but it had a big flare at the graft.

[SJH]

yeah it was a good size for a cherry, been told its usually prunus avium (wild cherry) used for the roots with a flowering top grafted on when young, took this one down as the roots were pushing the turf up and heading towards the house.. also heard the victorians grafted weeping ash to the top of ordinary ash to get huge cascades of weeping ash, anyone seen any?

 

There is some weeping ash at capesthorn hall, you can hide ubnderneath em pretty cool things dont know how old they are.

There is a Beech tree that looks like a graft near me

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/8455-beech-graft.html